Supporting device for toilet-paper packages.



No. 865,486. PATENTED SEPT. 10, 1907. A. H. soon: SUPPORTING DEVICE FOR TOILET PAPBRPAOKAGES.

APPLICATION FILED JAN- 24. 1907.

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ARTHUR H. SCOTT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENENSYLVANIA.

SUPPORTING DEVICE FOR TOILET-PAPER PACKAGES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 10, 1907.

Application filed January 24:,190'7. Serial No. 353,849.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I. ARTHUR H. SooTT, of the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in Supporting Devices for Toilet-Paper Packages, of which the following is a specification.

l Iy invention has reference to supporting devices for toilet paper packages and consists of certain improve ments which arefully set forth in the following speciti cation and shown in the accompanying drawings which form a part thereof.

The object of my invention is to provide a strong and practical manner of supporting paper packets within a cabinet or dispensing receptacle and sustaining it during the period of intermittent discharge of the sheets composing the packet.

More particularly, my invention consists of packages having a backing and to which the paper sheets are secured by a tongue, said backing provided with a slot at a point below the tongue. Further, my improve ment consists in the package above specified with a supporting device having an upwardly directed arm adapted to extend through the slot in the backing andhaving a depression or notch in its end in which the tongue seats itself.

Hy invention also comprehends details of construction which, together with the features above specified, will be better understood by reference to the drawings, in which:

Figure l is a front sectional elevation of a toilet paper serving cabinet with my invention applied thereto, the plane of the section being taken on line 01; of Fig. 2; Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of the same on line y-y of Fig. l, and Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the supporting devices embodying my invention removed from the paper and the cabinet.

A is the cabinet and B its cover hinged at G.

l is a discharging roller journaled in the cover and adapt ed to operate upon the front sheets of paper of the packet II, the said packet being pressed toward the roller by a spring F. As the sheets are discharged the spring automatically feeds the packet against the roller I.

D is a frame suitably made of wire and tin and is detachably hinged at E to the rear wall of the cabinet. The spring F presses directly against the lower portion of this frame D which supports the paper packet H. As shown the frame D has the upwardly extending arm G formed of wire and provided at its top with a depression or notch G. the paper packet.

The paper packet H is provided with a backing preferably of stiff paper or light card-board. Attached to said backing is a sheet metal plate K having a tongue L preferably extending through the backing near its top and also passing through the packet of paper to hold the sheets together and to the backing J. The backing, at a point below the tongue L, is provided with a transverse slot J through which the arm G of the hinged frame D extends as shown.

The paper packet is secured upon the frame D by en- This arm G is much narrower than tering the upper end of the arm G through the slot J and then pressing the packet down until the tongue I, rests in the depression or notch G of the arm. It is then held firmly to the movable frame an d yet easily detachable therefrom when desired. By having the two points of support, namely, the tongue L and the slot J the packet is held centrally and in proper vertical position.

The frame D may be made in any other suitable man ner and the arm thereof may be rigidly or otherwise held.

In the form of cabinet shown the roller is held in sta-' tionary bearings and the paper spring pressed toward it, but it is evident that my invention is equally adapted for those types of cabinets in which the paper is supported stationary and the roller movable toward the paper. In this latter case the frame D is stationary and it is therefore immaterial to my invention what the particular manner of support for the frame D may be; it may be made in various ways so long as it is provided with an upright part or arm which extends upward through the slot and engages the tongue.

While I prefer the construction shown as being excellently adapted for the purposes of my invention, the details may be modified without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having now described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In means for supporting toilet paper, the combination of the paper packet having the hacking-I provided with a slot J and a tongue L, with an upwardly directed arm extending through the slot and notched at its top to receive the tongue.

2. In means for supporting toilet paper, the combination of the paper packet having the backing I provided with a slot J and a tongue L, with a hinged frame having an upwardly directed arm extending through the slot and notched at its top to receive the tongue, a discharging roller operating upon the face of the paper packet, and a spring to press the frame forward against the paper packet at its lower part and cause it to press against the roller.

ll, ln means for supporting toilet paper, the combination of the paper packet having a backing" provided with a S10[ and a laterally extending part between the backing and paper of the packet, and an upwardly directed arm extend ing through the slot and engaging; the laterally extending part of the hack.

4. In means for supporting toilet paper, a packet of paper having secured to it a backing having an opening and ales a lateral extension directed toward the paper of the packet combined With an arm extendingthrough the opening in the hacking and engaging the lateral extension In testimony of which invention. I have hereunto set my hand.

ARTHUR H. SCOTT,

Witnesses Gnu. E. Gummy, A. P. THACKARA. 

